re: Is anyone here into Pokémon Trading/Selling?

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Why you say that? I'm just trying to help people learn about Pokemon and to find good deals...It's the first website I ever built so I am just trying to find people to test it or to help improve it... I don't have much money and can't afford to just have someone build something for me or pay for crazy advertising.. I have to start somewhere..

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He's equating Pokemon to "nerd culture" and the soccer board, it's an old troupe... just ignore him.

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He's making a joke about pokemon tcg collectors and soccer fans, calling both gay.

Well if making money is gay then whatever...

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If it's a person over the age of 10, I would rather refer to it as immature not gay. Just don't understand a grown azz man worrying about something like pokemon.

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I hate people that are solely speculators and collectors. Kids can't even play the game because 50 year old dudes are waiting in line at Target to wipe out the shelves every Monday morning.

I get you are enjoying this with your kids, but don't make it about finding high value cards. Just enjoy the game, the art and completing sets. Don't make it about money.

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I will say - luckily around where I live we have a bunch of card shops, and every single one of them cater to the player waaaaaay more than the scalpers. For Magic they hold onto some of their stock for the Magic night, for Pokemon they hold onto it for Pokemon League, etc. If I wanted to I could have my son opening packs every week because of this and at MSRP (I don't, because I'm REALLLLLY not trying to give him a gambling addiction at the age of 8 lol).

He's had a load of fun playing, I hope next week and the 20+ games he might have to play won't make him hate it completely after (I've heard the big regional events are a lot of fun though, so I'm optimistic)

I have a first edition holographic Charizard from back in the day. I was taking care of it as a kid. My brother crumpled it up like old news paper. I beat his arse. Still have it. Still mad at him.

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Just don't understand a grown azz man worrying about something like pokemon.

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It's not "worrying about," it's a hobby. You do it to pass the time with things you enjoy with people you enjoy. Same logic applies to a "grown azz man" worrying about something like which college an 18 year old is going to commit to for a year and if they play a game adequately enough.

I was when I was 8

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Just like baseball cards in the 90s, they're print too many and prices will droooop

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I don't know anything about Pokemon, but the baseball card industry learned from it's past mistakes and culled the herd and then implemented designed scarcity so there's a bunch of unique cards, autographs, tiny piece of a world series jersey, etc. built into the system. It's like a lottery - degenerates ripping packs and hobby boxes hoping to land that 1/1 Ohtani Chrome auto throwback whatever.

I assume Pokemon is similar. 99% of cards are worthless nerd porn and a chosen few have scarcity value.

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LSU Coyote

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I am consumed by it

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if the World’s economy collapses, a Gem Mint 10 Charzard ain’t gonna be worth a loaf of bread.

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Well, considering that a PSA Charizard sold for $550K, I’d take my chances.

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TheFonz

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Oh brother